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[garterking]

Does anyone know what sterile diluent is used for on snakes?

[guidofatherof5]

I have to ask, How did this question come about? Why are you asking?
It's not a normal random question:)
I would like to help but need some more info. if possible, thanks.

[garterking]

The vet gave this to me for my snake. Unfortunately she passed away a couple days ago. There is only 1 reptile vet in my area and I was just interested in finding out more info

[Spankenstyne]

As far as I know it's used to mix a vaccine or meds with. It's basically just sterile water is it not?

(I'm not a Doctor I just play one on the computer)

[guidofatherof5]

(I'm not a Doctor I just play one on the computer)

You're going to fit in very well here.:D
Funny stuff.

[mustang]

(I'm not a Doctor I just play one on the computer)
i cant wait for my doctors degree...gotta get to college first....:D

[Mommy2many]

It is a sterile water. Can be used for injections, mixing meds and irrigation of wounds. What was wrong with your snake?

[garterking]

It is a sterile water. Can be used for injections, mixing meds and irrigation of wounds. What was wrong with your snake?

She had some type of infection. She had bumps pushing there way out and a couple had to be removed as they were rather large. The biopsy hasn't come back yet. He told me it was an antibiotic and I gave her an injection once a day. No wonder she didn't get better :(

[Charis]

I think that was what the vet used to dilute the Baytril for the injections that she gave me for Tikki.

[ConcinusMan]

Yup, just plain old sterilized, distilled water. Until you open the container and expose it to air from outside, that is, then it won't be sterile anymore.

[Flicker]

i cant wait for my doctors degree...gotta get to college first....:D


Me too! I'm starting college this fall. Wahoo - Biology, Chemistry and Statistics!

[ConcinusMan]

Cool. I'd love to take biology and chemistry.

[Quibble]

Me too! I'm starting college this fall. Wahoo - Biology, Chemistry and Statistics!

Lol me 3!! im aiming for a degree in zoology, and im starting with a bowling class. :cool:

[Kevinh583]

Don't know about Biology and Statistics but I love Chemistry. Majored in chemistry my first year until i realized I would have to get a phd to really go anywhere with it. Still sometimes think about taking some graduate courses just for fun in both chemistry and physics.

[Flicker]

Majored in chemistry my first year until i realized I would have to get a phd to really go anywhere with it. .

What's wrong with getting a Phd? Sometimes, I think we are too impatient to get on with life, and shoot ourselves in the foot... of course, there is the expense, but one would hope that it would pay for itself in the end. 4 more years versus 20-40 more years without it... In retrospect, the additional four years doesn't seem that long or does it?

[ConcinusMan]

Phd or not, it's helpful to know a bit about chemistry.

[Kevinh583]

What's wrong with getting a Phd? Sometimes, I think we are too impatient to get on with life, and shoot ourselves in the foot... of course, there is the expense, but one would hope that it would pay for itself in the end. 4 more years versus 20-40 more years without it... In retrospect, the additional four years doesn't seem that long or does it?

Nothing wrong with a Phd, in fact looking back and realizing that I would have been long done if I had just gone for it, I do regret not doing it sometimes. But at that time having just finished high school even 4 years of college seemed like an eternity.

[Flicker]

Nothing wrong with a Phd, in fact looking back and realizing that I would have been long done if I had just gone for it, I do regret not doing it sometimes. But at that time having just finished high school even 4 years of college seemed like an eternity.


Yeah - I know... isn't it crazy when you look back on it, that you were SOOOO eager to jump into the working world and get away from studying - not realizing that the amount of studying and the time you spend at it, is really very small considering the rewards you reap for the efforts.

Now if only I could get my own kids to understand that. ^_^ Well, it's taken me almost 40 years to get it, so I can hardly blame them for taking their sweet time with it.